Samuel P. Massie Academy

Samuel P. Massie Academy operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Forestville, Maryland, run under Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 477 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Samuel P. Massie Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Samuel P. Massie Academy shows that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Samuel P. Massie Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Prince George's County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Samuel P. Massie Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Andrew Jackson Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Samuel P. Massie Academy comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window.

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